Sr. Business Systems Analyst - SAP Plant Maintenance (Northbrook)

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you'll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You'll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world's transition to clean energy.



Function:
Information Technology

Job Summary:

The Sr. IT Business Systems Analyst for SAP Plant Maintenance knows how to drive initiatives of all sizes across the Business Function. You are a self-starting individual with an aptitude for creative and critical thinking. You use your business expertise and enjoy collaborating with partners and helping implement positive change.
You envision solutions that follow good data design and create insightful data visualizations to drive impactful business decisions.

You love to collaborate with techies and subject matter experts to establish the vision. You balance tradeoffs with partners between development time, usability, and performance needs. You think critically, plan and execute effectively and collaborate cross-functionally with business and IT peers. You nurture positive, professional relationships, acting as a trusted partner and a respectful challenger.

CF Industries has a cloud first IT Strategy. We've invested in the good stuff; SAP, Salesforce, Workday, Azure, ServiceNow and Tableau and the teams are working to get all our business units integrated.

Communication Skills:
The foundations of your success include your attention to detail, listening to the requirements, and taking the initiatives all the way through to the finish line.
You're great at keeping everyone in the loop! You are skilled with today's communication technologies, and you can interact well to ensure all are on the same page. We're looking for people who will help clear roadblocks to reach our company's objectives.

Job Description:

Major Responsibilities :

• Lead solutions through the SAP S4/HANA life cycle following through from inception to go live and beyond.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to analyze business needs and deliver creative solutions.
• Deliver functional and technical requirements to development teams.
• Advise decision makers by providing insightful data visualizations and reporting to drive impactful business decisions.
• Lead projects in consultation with IT Security, Infrastructure Team, Business Owners, and Vendors. Drive projects end to end while ensuring stakeholder alignment along the way.
• Ensures that all deliverables are completed in accordance with Project Management methodology; clearly and frequently communicates the status
• Responsible for influencing the future of business Systems while engaging and participating in System/ Product selection & evaluation.
  

• Define Scope and strategy of quality assurance to keep the business Systems current & reliable
• Manage operational activities on projects and enhancements, including monitoring resource needs, preparing documentations, status reports, key issues and/or change controls.
• Analyze the overall health of business systems at CF through system issue tracking and cross-functional alignment.
• Lead in SAP S/4HANA Plant Maintenance transformation from legacy systems and manage the data migration to SAP S/4HANA.
• Lead plant maintenance master data management and advise on master data governance strategies.
• Provide end user training and support for Plant Maintenance. Develop and maintain functional systems design documents, business process documentation, and end-user training materials.
• Serve as point person for addressing issues and enhancements for the PM area and integration with related SAP modules.
• Collaborate on design, implementation, testing, and maintenance of ancillary integrated systems. E.g. GE Meridium for Mechanical Integrity, Oracle Primavera P6 for Project Scheduling, Tableau and Azure Data Lake for Reporting.

Internal Controls

• Establishes and implements processes and procedures to meet departmental internal controls requirements.
• Ensures that established processes/procedures are followed as designed. Works with Internal Controls Department to identify deficiencies in existing processes/procedures, the need for new ones, and the extent to which such processes/procedures are being followed.
• Develops and implements corrective actions with regard to department internal controls as necessary.

Incumbent Attributes:

• Education: Bachelor's degree (Information Technology/Computer Science) or its equivalent in a related field is typically preferred.
• Years of experience: 7+ years of related professional work experience hands-on configuration of SAP Plant Maintenance.
• Other unique job-relevant attributes:
  • Expert working knowledge of SAP Plant Maintenance, Fiori, and related SAP modules.
  • Minimum of one end to end SAP S/4HANA implementation.
  • Strong business process knowledge in Plant Maintenance and Asset Management.
  • Knowledge of systems capabilities and business operations
  • Business test planning/coordination experience
  • Experience of and participation in the change process, attending change board as a representative
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills with organization and time management skills
  • Ability to learn, demonstrate and apply knowledge of the business to deliver improvements in solutions and processes and better align IT Service with Business goals
    

The estimated base pay for the position is typically between $99,500 - $139,900

The actual base pay for the position may be influenced by factors such as education, training, skills, qualifications, competencies, years of experience, job-related knowledge, and scope of the role, and could be outside of the posted pay range.

In addition to base pay, an incentive program is available to all full-time employees, and a comprehensive benefits package including two medical plan options, a health savings plan with a company contribution and a match, dental and vision benefits, a well-being incentive program, 401(k) Plan which provides a potential of receiving between 10% and 13% of employer's contribution, life and disability insurance, paid time off programs and much more! Additionally, we offer several Flexible Work Arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance.

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The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by person(s) assigned to this job. These statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel in this position.

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